France's Conservative Party: Who will lead it post-Sarkozy?

François Fillon versus Jean-François Copé: on Sunday, the white smoke will come out of the UMP party, and there can only be one new leader. Also, President Hollande tries to show he knows what he is doing by granting a major press conference. Can he bounce back from his disastrous poll figures?

A graduate of Sciences Po Paris and Columbia University, he was a journalist in New York for ten years before joining FRANCE 24 in 2009. He is specialised in French politics, Africa and the Middle East.